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Climate research: SASSCAL gets €10 million from Germany

The South Africa-based Scientific Service Centre for Climate Change and Adaptive Land Management (SASSCAL) has recently received €10 million in funding from Germany.   According to SASSCAL, the grant will be used to support research on the effects of climate change in southern African countries.   The funds will finance research and capacity building projects […]

Egypt: WB Regional Director questions Egypt investment attractions

World Bank’s Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, Haleh Bridi, has signaled Egypt that time is running out for it to assure investors that it means business ahead of the 2015 international conference to be held in March. Cairo wants to revive its economy after three years of political turmoil and social […]

Washington Denounces Continued Human Rights Violations in Algeria

The US State Department has slammed the continued human rights violations in Algeria wherein security forces routinely detained individuals who participated in prohibited strikes or protests. Overuse of pretrial detention remained a problem in this North African country, said the US annual Human Rights Report. Although the law prohibits arbitrary arrest and detention, authorities sometimes […]